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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMSNBC: Limits to FBI's Kavanaugh investigation have not changed, despite Trump's comments
Updated Sep.30.2018 / 10:21 AM MDT
The FBI has received no new instructions from the White House about how to proceed with its weeklong investigation of sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, a senior U.S. official and another source familiar with the matter tell NBC News.
According to the sources, the presidents Saturday night tweet saying he wants the FBI to interview whoever agents deem appropriate has not changed the limits imposed by the White House counsels office on the FBI investigation including a specific witness list that does not include Julie Swetnick, who has accused Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct in high school.
Also not on the list, the sources say, are former classmates who have contradicted Kavanaughs account of his college alcohol consumption, instead describing him as a frequent, heavy drinker. The FBI is also not authorized to interview high school classmates who could shed light on what some people have called untruths in Kavanaughs Senate Judiciary Committee testimony about alleged sexual references in his high school yearbook. - MSNBC
Correction to this updated article
According to the sources, the presidents Saturday night tweet saying he wants the FBI to interview whoever agents deem appropriate has not changed the limits imposed by the White House counsels office on the FBI investigation including a specific witness list that does not include Julie Swetnick, who has accused Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct in high school.
Also not on the list, the sources say, are former classmates who have contradicted Kavanaughs account of his college alcohol consumption, instead describing him as a frequent, heavy drinker. The FBI is also not authorized to interview high school classmates who could shed light on what some people have called untruths in Kavanaughs Senate Judiciary Committee testimony about alleged sexual references in his high school yearbook. - MSNBC
An administration official familiar with the process clarified, after the publication of this story, that while investigators may not be interviewing Swetnick herself, that doesn't preclude them from asking other witness about the allegations she has made.
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MSNBC: Limits to FBI's Kavanaugh investigation have not changed, despite Trump's comments (Original Post)
ffr
Sep 2018
OP
Get a grip, indeed. Dirty Donny* & his KGOP Comrades have this by the short hairs
Achilleaze
Sep 2018
#6
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)1. In other words, the republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief was lying again
when he said there were "no limits." Sadly, we have come to expect only lies from the republican midleader, Dirty Donny. He will lie again before the day is out.
Freethinker65
(10,027 posts)2. Do not seek and you shall not find. GOP 7:7
getagrip_already
(14,776 posts)3. the most important info is in last paragraph
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/white-house-limits-scope-fbi-s-investigation-allegations-against-brett-n915061
And while swetnick and even ford could be interviewed, they aren't being contacted, and the fbi won't return their calls.
Separately, a White House official made clear that the White House is the client in this process. This is not an FBI criminal investigation it is a background investigation in which the FBI is acting on behalf of the White House. Procedurally, the White House does not allow the FBI to investigate as it sees fit, the official acknowledged; the White House sets the parameters.
And while swetnick and even ford could be interviewed, they aren't being contacted, and the fbi won't return their calls.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)6. Get a grip, indeed. Dirty Donny* & his KGOP Comrades have this by the short hairs
...and they will attempt to control it from start to finish. BEWARE.
It is up to America - media, victims, witnesses, whatever - to rise to occasion and bring forth the truth in such a way that the KGOP republicans can no longer obscure it.
* aka republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief
getagrip_already
(14,776 posts)9. kgop - I like it.... n/t
DFW
(54,415 posts)4. If Trump specifically says he wants the heavy drinking investigated
Take my word for it, that's code for "I'm done with this guy. Get me a new nominee."
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)5. And to cover up GOPers must blame Democrats, tell
untold conspiracies and threaten to investigate the Democrats all of which makes their base extremely giddy.
Owl
(3,643 posts)7. Wrong. Ms. Swetnick can NOT be interviewed per the article.
ffr
(22,671 posts)8. Corrected. But her allegations can be investigated.
Added story's last paragraph.
spanone
(135,854 posts)10. if he's talking he's lying. 24/7